High school athletes from the San Gabriel Valley, Whittier and Pasadena areas that have signed National Letters of Intent for college scholarships around the country are pictured at the SGV Tribune offices in Monrovia, Calif. Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

For parents, athletes and family members that spend countless weekends and hours honing their craft in club sports, private training and with their high school sports teams, Wednesday was a date to celebrate all the hard work paying off during National Signing Day for most sports other than football and soccer.

Athletes celebrated in sign ceremonies throughout the Southland and many of them from the San Gabriel Valley, Pasadena and Whittier came to our office in Monrovia for a group picture to celebrate their hard work and dedication.

High school athletes from the San Gabriel Valley, Whittier and Pasadena areas that have signed National Letters of Intent for college baseball cholarships around the country are pictured at the SGV Tribune offices in Monrovia, Calif. Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

High school athletes from the San Gabriel Valley, Whittier and Pasadena areas that have signed National Letters of Intent for college volleyball scholarships around the country are pictured at the SGV Tribune offices in Monrovia, Calif. Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

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High school athletes from the San Gabriel Valley, Whittier and Pasadena areas that have signed National Letters of Intent for college water polo scholarships around the country are pictured at the SGV Tribune offices in Monrovia, Calif. Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

High school athletes from the San Gabriel Valley, Whittier and Pasadena areas that have signed National Letters of Intent for college softball scholarships around the country are pictured at the SGV Tribune offices in Monrovia, Calif. Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

High school athletes from the San Gabriel Valley, Whittier and Pasadena areas that have signed National Letters of Intent for college scholarships around the country are pictured at the SGV Tribune offices in Monrovia, Calif. Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

South Hills High baseball player Tommy Delgado has signed with Loyola Marymount University.

In girls basketball, 6-foot-7 forward/center Patricia Morris signed with the University of Oregon and Glendora’s do-everything guard/forward Alexis Lowden with Azusa Pacific, along with Lowden’s teammate Kyra Zovak.

In baseball, U.S. national team and South Hills standout Brandon Dieter signed with Stanford and his teammate Tommy Delgado signed with Loyola Marymount. Also from South Hills, Nick Lugo and Mark Ortega signed with Hawaii Hilo and Daniel Genna to Azusa Pacific.

Damien had five baseball signees with pitcher Diego Barrera signing with the University of Washington and teammates John Lopez going to St. Mary’s College and Andrew Garriola to Old Dominion. Cody Rawson signed with San Diego State and Zachary Kirby with Eastern Tennessee State University.

Bishop Amat’s Ben Hurst signed with Long Beach State and AJ Barraza to Cal State San Bernardino.

Also in baseball, La Salle’s Zane Lindeman signed with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Walnut’s James Arakawa with the University of Pacific, La Salle’s Ethan Patrick with Loyola Marymount and Jack Noble going Pac-12 with the University of Oregon.

There was a large crop of signees in softball headlined by four from Los Altos and St. Lucy’s.

It was a big day for the La Salle girls volleyball team by not only having four girls sign on Wednesday, but on Tuesday night the Lancers advanced to the Division 3 championship this weekend with a five-set semifinal win over Sage Hill.